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The people problem
Open Forum | May 10, 2024Sustainable Population Australia is alarmed that the NSW Biodiversity Outlook Report 2024 fails to identify population numbers and growth as the underlying causes of biodiversity decline in the state.
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Lobbying gets an orange pass
Joo-Cheong Tham | May 10, 2024The recently released Senate report on lobbying in the Federal government passes the buck on improving transparency or strengthening legislation against bribery and influence peddling to protect democracy.
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Beware trendy weight loss solutions
Saw Pui San | May 10, 2024The diabetes drug Semaglutide (marketed as Ozempic) is being promoted by celebrity influencers and websites as an “empowering” weight loss aid but its long-term impacts remain to be seen.
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Debt weight
James Goldie | May 10, 2024One in three young Australians saw their HELP debt go backwards due to inflation last year, but new Federal policy announced last week should help partially address this spiral of ever-increasing debt.
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The long road from innovation to commercial reality
Iven Mareels | May 9, 2024We may punch above our weight when it comes to research, but we certainly don’t in realising the commercial impact from it.
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Revenge of the business card
Jane Menzies | May 9, 2024Unlike fax machines, rolodexes and dictation cassettes, the humble business card hasn’t entirely succumbed to the rise of digital media and the mobile phone.
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Party of one
Robert Wihtol | May 9, 2024China faces myriad challenges, from a sluggish economy, a huge property bubble and a demographic time bomb to deeply indebted local governments. But the fact that it is run by one man who is unwilling either to share power or to designate a successor may yet prove to be its biggest problem.
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Who’d be an academic?
Louise Johnson | May 8, 2024Australia’s academics feel insecure and overworked and their careers are getting harder to maintain. What does this herald for the future of Australian universities?
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Pummeling the privet
Sonia Graham | May 8, 2024The success of a local rivercare project in tackling invasive privet lies as much in forging social connections as much as the need for environmental action.
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Science by design
Rebecca Green | May 8, 2024Graphic design can be a powerful tool in enhancing people’s confidence in scientific communications.
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Red tape ties up university innovation
David Noble | May 7, 2024Australian public universities tout themselves as bastions of innovation and driving forces behind economic growth, but their in-built cultures are getting in the way.
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5 clues to the birth of life
Louise Gillet de Chalonge | May 7, 2024The origins of life on Earth remain one of the biggest unsolved questions in science, but five remarkable discoveries over the last five years have shed light on the possible process.
